This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Chico’s Celebrates 40 Years!
Join our Chico’s Outlet for a 40th Anniversary Celebration Event on May 3, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Chico’s has been designing women’s fashion for every woman, no matter what age or size since 1983. During this event, in-store special sales will be offered as well as a chance to win a raffle gift basket stocked with seasonal gardening goodies, with no purchase necessary.
Snacks and refreshments will also be provided during the event. Located just off I-5, Exit 82 at the Centralia Outlets.
Join us for local art, live music, great beer, and food! Family friendly and free event.
The Fuchsia Fanciers, a Lewis County group and nonprofit gardening organization, is hosting a fuchsia plant sale on May 6th here at the Centralia Outlets.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. near the Eddie Bauer and Polo Ralph Lauren stores, the Fuchsia Fanciers will display and sell a large variety of fuchsia 4-inch starters, gallons, and hardies.
The group is one of 13 in the Pacific Northwest under the umbrella of the Northwest Fuchsia Society. The 26 members meet on the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Fort Borst Park. The Fuchsia Fanciers aim to educate themselves and others about the growing and showing of fuchsias.
Time to be planning your garden!
Many Master Gardeners are helping you out by starting your seeds for you. We will have LOTS of tomato plants as well as peppers, vegetables, annuals, perennials, houseplants, even trees and bushes for sale! Come the day before Mother’s Day, and find something wonderful for your favorite mom.
We hope to see you there!
Time to be planning your garden!
Many Master Gardeners are helping you out by starting your seeds for you. We will have LOTS of tomato plants as well as peppers, vegetables, annuals, perennials, houseplants, even trees and bushes for sale!
Come the day before Mother’s Day, and find something wonderful for your favorite mom.
We hope to see you there!
Master Gardeners will be in the Gardens sharing how to start gardening … Gardening Made Simple. Anyone can garden, almost anywhere. The site buildings are Open 1:30 til 3:30 with our Talk at 2 pm for 30 mins. As will our Living Historians to visit about our history and gardening then and now. Some things have changed, but not. George Washington was practicing Garden Rotation 250 years ago. It is still a wise practice. He used “Organic Gardening” also, though they didn’t give it such a fancy catch phrase.
Jean Bluhm has a collection of ties to talk about in time for Father’s Day!
2 PM for her talk … Open House 1:30 to 3:30 pm. The Heirloom Gardens
are beautiful. Reenactors are our Tour Guides for the Historic Borst Home,
Pioneer Church, One Room Schoolhouse and Hands on Carriage House.
I?t’s time for to celebrate the summer solstice! Whether you call it Midsommar or Litha, the summer solstice is a fantastic time to reflect on everything that is going right in our lives. It’s a time to celebrate the sun, the earth, and sisterhood. Bring back ceremony and ritual to your life. Bring back community and sisterhood, and reclaim your connection to the earth’s cycles.
Including ceremony, a walk through a private forest, freeform dance, share circle, solitary time for reflection and journaling in nature, and finishing with traditional Midsommar refreshments. The day will be filled with traditional Midsommar symbolism and associations, ensuring each part of the day is in full celebration of this most beautiful day and honoring the traditional origins.
T?he event will be kept intimate, focusing on a goal of 9-12 women. So reserve soon if you’re interested!
Thought about buying a handgun and don’t know what to look for? Own a handgun and not sure how to use it? Come learn the basics of handguns, how to grip them, how to use the sights, how to load and unload, how to stand and more. Come with questions and leave with answers. If you do not own a handgun, bring .22LR and/or 9mm Luger or Parabellum ammo and use one of the instructors firearms. Bring your firearm (or ammo if you do not own a firearm), the appropriate ammo for that firearm, eye/ear protection (I have extras of those too), a baseball cap and a notebook for note taking. Preregistration is required with a $30 nonrefundable deposit and $55 balance due at the door. Call Dolly at 360-978-4338 to make your reservation.
Join us for an evening of live gospel music performed by Kevin Mills & The Mark Dubbeld Family.
Kevin Mills is an accomplished singer who sang several years nationally and internationally with the group “Keepers Of The Faith”. Kevin has a beautiful bass voice and has done several solo CDs. After Kevin retired from Keepers Of The Faith, Kevin and his family settled in Rochester WA.
The Mark Dubbeld Family is from Moneta, Virginia. The performers are Mark, Janene, Elena and Britton Dubbeld. They are known for their originally penned songs and family harmony. They sing at churches and venues of every size across the United States.
Both groups have been featured singers at the National Quartet Convention (NQC) in Tennessee which is the largest southern gospel event in the US.
Winlock will be The Dubbeld’s first stop on their west-coast tour this summer. It’s a rare opportunity to get to see them in person in this part of the country and a huge bonus to get to see/hear Kevin at the same concert!
Please bring your family, friends and neighbors and come to Winlock to enjoy the concert!
